Surprised by the sunrise

I was adrift in the political season of the Presidential election and my postings refelected as much. Now with the hullabaloo over and done with we can get down to business. The real business at hand is the healing that we need to advocate for and facilitate occurring in ourselves, our relationships, our families, communities, countrys and realities.

There is so much denial, deception and disheartening despair afloat on the vibes of the uninverse it can really get to you if that is what you are tuned into. But at the same time that we are awash in the blues, there is alos light breaking over the hill, sunshine in our spirit and blessings bontifully bestowed on each of us . . . . if you are tuned into that.

The point is that much of what we experience is just what spectrum of the bandwidth we are receiving at the moment. So turn your knobs if you need to, flip your switch, push your own button and spin your dial to tune into the wide spectrum of positivity and sunshine that awaits you. Embedded in each of our reality is a gentic code that responds to our desires and our intentionality. If we focus on something it is manifest. So be careful what you wish for (even if you are wishing it doesn't happen). Even when it is raining the sun is shining.





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New Day Dawning

Well it is the morning after the morning after the morning after the 2008 Presidential election. Consistent with some hopes and expectations and in spite of many doubts and fears we hailed the election of a candidate thought improbable and fatally flawed by some while inspirational and inevitable by others. This time I feel on the side of the practical, the short-sighted blinded by the long view of past failures and  prior outcomes. Like so many the impact and influence of unexpected and unforseen circumstances demonstrated again that "man plans but Allah (God) decides." In this case, the significance of that aphorism is that without the economy tanking it is just as likely (some would say even more likely) that John McCain would have garnered the few hundred thousand votes necessary to ascend to the post of "leader of the free world," President of the United States. Stand in awe of the power of the forces of the universe and tremble!!

I contributed to the eventual outcome by working on the inside as a ballot inspector election official. This allowed me to monitor and observe the activties of the polling place workers. However, the more important significance of my presence at the polls seemed to have been as a symbol of the Obama candidacy for those who were his supporters. I was greeted warmly by the first time voters who were registering onsite. I was also host to the whispered hopes of Obama supporters, young and old, white, Black, Latino and other.

As I have heard several times, the easy part is over. Now it is time to get down to work. We will see the ebb and flow of challenges and opportunities that were primed prior to President-elect Obama's arrival. We will see the influence of factors that are latent and embedded in the national and world systems of social, political and economic institutions from times before his birth. We will also see his unique take on the world and what it should be through the coordination and conflation of the tools available to him.

It is morning again. But morning always follows night (even in the land of the midnight sun). Let us rejoice in the new dawn and soberly prepare for the new day.

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